Why are Orthodox girls' schools throughout the
United States called "Beis Yaakov?" What was the relationship
between Yaakov and girls' education? Thank you for your attention
to this. We were not able to come up with an answer in our study
group.

Dear Moshe Lowenberg,

Before giving us the Torah, G-d said to Moses:
"Thus shall you say to the Beis Yaakov, and tell the
B'nei Yisrael." Our Sages explain that Beis Yaakov
refers to the women, while B'nei Yisrael refers to
the men.

Hence, women's Torah institutions - whose aim is
to transmit the teachings of Sinai - are fittingly called Beis
Yaakov in honor of the very first link in that chain of transmission,
the women who stood at Mount Sinai.